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I agree it could be useful, Most IT companies I have worked for like to see a ticking based system and a project management combined in one. There is better software for each but some people like bundles.

This would really be IT project management - Building upgrades, server maintenance, planned outages etc.

I see Spiceworks as an application destination for all things related to IT management, network monitoring, etc.

What types of projects would you manage with a PM plugin for Spiceworks? How would you see it integrating with the Spiceworks environment?

It would be very useful for viewing large projects composed of several smaller projects composed of several smaller tasks. Something that lays out a timeline for each piece of the puzzle and keeps track of necessary resources and dependencies. For instance, this summer our school will be having a major overhaul of its air-handling systems. There will be construction dust and debris all over, including the labs. So all the labs have to be moved out of the hazard zone and then put back in. The construction won't be finished until mid-August. We also have to order and provision new computers, re-image some of our other computers, pull the trilobite computers, order and setup one or more new servers, possibly virtualize some of our servers, attend trainings and somehow fit one or more family vacations in for each of our personnel. My calendaring system does not yet offer a view longer than one month. And if I fail to have everything ready by the 3rd week of August, I won't be employed. : 0 Nothing like a little incentive. :D

I am currently working on a proof case to replace our current hyper-visor solution and would love to see a more robust interface that ties into the helpdesk component. I envision a button in helpdesk next to new ticket that is called new project. You would then get an outline form to fill in (editable of course) with options to assign project lead and members who would receive auto generated emails with the outline and automatically create historical time line of events and build an initial gant chart view based on the perimeters entered in the initial form and auto updated as comments are made and taskes are assigned. This would be awesome!! Please say someone has this on their plate???

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